The IKV Delegation composed of IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu, IKV Secretary-General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas, IKV Brussels Representative Haluk Nuray and IKV Research Director Çisel İleri had various meetings in Brussels on 11-14 October 2016.  The latest developments in Turkey-EU relations, the Turkey Progress Report 2016 which will be published in November, the visa liberalisation process, the latest economic developments and issues pertaining to the modernisation of the Customs Union were assessed in meetings with Turkey’s Permanent Representative to the EU Ambassador Selim Yenel, Turkey’s Ambassador to Belgium Mehmet Hakan Olcay, EP Turkey Rapporteur Kati Piri, Commissioner to European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn’s Head of Cabinet Michael Karnitschnig and his team, European External Affairs Service Head of the Turkey Division Javier Nino Perez, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini’s Cabinet Member Anna Vezyroglou, DG Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Director for Strategy and Turkey Simon Mordue, DG Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Head of Turkey Unit Myriam Ferran and EP ECR Group Member Jan Zahradil.

IKV Chairman Zeytinoğlu attended the European Parliament of Enterprises meeting which is organised every two years by EUROCHAMBRES in company of TOBB Chairman and EUROCHAMBRES Deputy Chairman M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and his delegation on 13 October 2016. Furthermore, the IKV Delegation also attended to the introductory meeting the same day entitled “TOBB European Entrepreneurial Women Network” organised at TOBB’s Brussels Representation and which brings together Turkish entrepreneurial women from a variety of European countries.